Limitation of the Cavitron technique by conifer pit aspiration

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3385-3393

  Beikircher, B ^a   Ameglio, T ^b   Cochard, H ^b   Mayr, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b PIAF   (France)

Author keywords

Embolism; Hydraulic conductance; Pressure difference; Vulnerability; Water extraction; Xylem pressure

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONIFER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES;

CENTRIFUGATION; CONIFEROPHYTA; PRESSURE; WATER;

CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77954768181     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq159     Document Type: Article

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